asusplay - 1:07 am on Dec 20, 2012 (gmt 0)

@Planet13, I think changing domains had no effect as I did 301 redirects from every page in the old domain to the new one, so I guess I was transferring whatever issues there were in the old one, but how can you change domains otherwise?
Changing URLs within the same domain I think would have the same effect if you 301 the old page to new. If you don't and you have the same content then the new page wouldn't be considered and you'd lose all the link juice to it anyway if you had any external links...
Thats partly the reason I decided to take the more drastic measure of changing domains but, it didnt work from me. Actually I did it under the recommendation of some SEO guys who assured me it would work though, maybe my site was an exception? Who knows...